Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- How to tell apart trade agreements that undermine democratic principles from those that don’t – rodrik
- Doomsayers Keep Getting It Wrong on Higher Minimum Wages – Bloomberg
- Multinational firms and business cycle co-movement – VOX
- Raining In High-Frequency Traders – WSJ
- Hedge Fund Managers Struggle to Master Their Miserable New World – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Trump vows to sue all of the ’liars’ accusing him of sexual assault – NY Post
- In historic Gettysburg, Lincoln spoke of unity; Trump complained of a ‘totally rigged’ system – Washington Post
- Lobbyist-bashing Trump was once a lobbyist – Politico
- Ignoring the Debt Problem – NY Times
- Why Corporate America’s Debt Is a ‘Major Risk’ – Bloomberg
- Americans’ wages just hit an all-time high – VOX
- U.S. on track for fewest executions since 1991 – Pew Research
- The veins of America: Stunning map shows every river basin in the US – Mail Online
- Greenland isn’t in a rush to fight climate change because it’s actually good for the country – The Guardian
- ’Ball in Europe’s court’ to rescue Ceta deal, says Canada trade minister – The Guardian
- Ottawa urged to end ’birth tourism’ that leads to automatic citizenship – CBC
Europe:
- British banks preparing to leave UK over Brexit: Observer – Reuters
- Britain’s Split With EU Takes Shape Amid Regrets, Recriminations – Bloomberg
- Brexit politicians are putting us on a fast track to financial jeopardy – The Guardian
- Brexit: leading banks set to pull out of UK early next year – The Guardian
- Scotland Embraces Gay Politicians in a Profound Cultural Shift – NY Times
- Inflation: next year’s ticking time bomb – The Telegraph
- Heathrow: you can never keep politics out of planning – FT
- Russian Carrier Is Bound for Syria, Flexing Muscle but Risking Malfunction – NY Times
- Stability and democracy in Europe will hold fast against populism – FT
- Hours worked in Europe and the US – VOX
- The Weird Economics Of Ikea – Five Thirty Eight
Asia:
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- China’s Antigraft Enforcers Take On a New Role: Policing Loyalty – NY Times
- The rise of authentic Chinese food – The Telegraph
- Chinese consumers are spending like crazy in the Apple App Store – Quartz
- China’s plan to organize its society relies on ‘big data’ to rate everyone – Washington Post
- Treasury Department Tones Down Criticism of China – WSJ
- Xi Jinping is a strongman. That does not mean he gets his way – The Economist
- China seen as winner as Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump rebuff TPP – The AFR
Trans-Tasman:
- It’s funny where MB turns up these days – Knowledge Source
- Coca-Cola has been exposed having a secret plan to monitor research at Sydney University that examines how private companies influence public health outcomes in areas such as obesity – The SMH
- Centrelink hangs up on 29 million calls, Senate estimates hears – The SMH
- John Howard says gun laws should be strengthened, not weakened – The SMH
- Labor the Coalition’s unlikely ally in new parliament, analysis shows – The Guardian
- ‘Unleashed’ Abbott in public war with Turnbull – The SMH
- Avocado economics for first-home buyers – Canberra Times
- The rise and fall of Bob Day, and how he took over Family First – The Saturday Paper
- Malcolm Turnbull told to quit the cigs after stakes in big tobacco revealed – The Age
- NAB cracks down on property lending to ‘reduce risk’, adds 600 towns and suburbs to blacklist – The AFR
- A land value tax could fix Australasia’s housing crisis – The Conversation
- Twenty years of Sydney housing supply locked up in spare rooms – The SMH
- Will south-east Queensland generate enough jobs for 2 million new people? – Brisbane Times
- Reality TV: When You Move On The Homeless, Make Sure The Media Is Around – New Matilda
- How phasing out cash could help the economy – Canberra Times
- Make developers rebuild what they demolished, brick by brick – The Age
- ‘I’m not even looking at prices’: Renting a big home harder than ever – The Age
- Move on! Skyscraper developer wants homeless gone – The Age
- Salt: Blame it on the Baby Boomer – The Australian
- Time to fix visa laws, cut Australia’s permanent migrant intake – The Australian
- Why no one is selling their house – The AFR
- Australia at risk of losing migrants vital to economy – The Conversation
- Auckland’s funding juggling act – Interest.co.nz
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